Volunteering With Us
NORTH WEST KENT COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIP
NWKCP simply could not continue without the support of our amazing, multi-award-winning volunteer team, some of whom have been volunteering with us for over twenty years! The team has a great feeling of camaraderie and nothing beats the feeling of working outdoors and having fun.
Our volunteering teams, go out on Wednesdays and Thursdays and meet us at Hall Place in Bexley between 9:00 and 9:30 or can go directly to the site. A typical day usually finishes around 16:00 and plenty of breaks, drinks and biscuits are supplied. All you will need to bring are suitable clothes for the weather conditions and a packed lunch. All tools and equipment such as gloves and steel toe capped boots will be provided and any training in tool use will be given.
We work in Bexley, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Gravesham on a huge variety of projects which include path clearance, coppicing, creating nature areas in schools, hedge laying, restoring river banks using traditional techniques and many more.
If you are keen to keep fit, connect with nature, make new friends and improve spaces for both wildlife and people then why not join us and become one of our invaluable volunteers?
If you think you would be interested in joining us then please contact Stephanie Johnson at: Stephanie.Johnson@kent.gov.uk
If you are under 18 and interested in volunteering or thinking of work experience please follow the link to find out more: Work Experience and Under 18s Volunteering
Please find below a copy of this month’s volunteering tasks:
Volunteer Project Programme – May 2024
Reminder: Please let the staff member leading the task know if you plan to attend so they can bring enough tools on the day.
Wednesday 1st – Trinity School, Erith Rd, Belvedere DA17 6HT
We will be constructing a series of steps at Trinity School in Erith to enable better access for the students in their nature area.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740 185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. There is limited parking along Erith Road and inside the school car park as well. Toilets will be available at the school.
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Thursday 2nd – Trinity School, Erith Rd, Belvedere DA17 6HT
We will be constructing a series of steps at Trinity School in Erith to enable better access for the students in their nature area.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740 185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. There is limited parking along Erith Road and inside the school car park as well. Toilets will be available at the school.
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Wednesday 8th – Swanscombe Heritage Park, Swanscombe DA10 0DH
We will be planting pond plants with members of the local community.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at the car park next to the Leisure Centre, Craylands Lane, DA10 0LP. Toilets available at the leisure centre.
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Thursday 9th – Swanscombe Heritage Park, Swanscombe DA10 0DH
We will be planting wildflower plug plants and sowing seeds.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at the car park next to the Leisure Centre, Craylands Lane, DA10 0LP. Toilets available at the leisure centre.
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Wednesday 15th – St Edmunds (CofE) Primary School, Fawkham Rd, West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 6JP
We will be preparing the site for two SuDS (Suburban Drainage System) planters to assist in managing flood risk at the school.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740 185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at school. There is limited parking in the nearby residential roads.
Thursday 16th – St Johns Primary School, Bayham Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3XD
We will be creating a Forest School area for the school. This will include creating log benches, installing poles for hammocks, and installing a mud kitchen.
If you have any unwanted pots/ pans/ washing up bowls that could be used in the mud kitchen, please bring them along.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. There is no parking for additional vehicles inside the school but there is free parking on Bayham Road, Kennedy Gardens and the surrounding streets.
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Wednesday 22nd – St Johns Primary School, Bayham Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3XD
We will be continuing work on the Forest School area for the school. This will include creating log benches, installing poles for hammocks, and installing a mud kitchen.
If you have any unwanted pots/ pans/ washing up bowls that could be used in the mud kitchen, please bring them along.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. There is no parking for additional vehicles inside the school but there is free parking on Bayham Road, Kennedy Gardens and the surrounding streets.
What3words: ///thinks.faster.debate
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Thursday 23rd – St Johns Primary School, Bayham Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3XD
We will be continuing work on the Forest School area for the school. This will include creating log benches, installing poles for hammocks, and installing a mud kitchen.
If you have any unwanted pots/ pans/ washing up bowls that could be used in the mud kitchen, please bring them along.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. There is no parking for additional vehicles inside the school but there is free parking on Bayham Road, Kennedy Gardens and the surrounding streets.
What3words: ///thinks.faster.debate
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Wednesday 29th – Farningham Village Hall, High St, Farningham, Dartford DA4 0DH
We will be managing the invasive non-native plant Himalayan Balsam along the River Darent.
For those wishing to access the river please let Mark know your shoe size for waders by Tuesday 28th of May.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740 185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at Farningham Village Hall.
Thursday 30th – Westcourt Primary School, Silver Rd, Gravesend DA12 4JG
We will be creating an outdoor play area and wildlife zone at the school. We will also begin the creation of a bog garden.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am at reception if meeting at the school. Parking either in the school or along Jubilee Crescent.
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